Mandatory Blog Post #21 - Art is the definition

Why do you think people constantly argue the definition of art? Is it because we are all moved and affected by it? Or is it that we truly don't know what is to be considered art anymore? Did we ever know what to consider art? Who knows, but what I do know is that the only thing that has changed about art is the process in which it is created.

There are too many similarities between a digital painting and a hand-painted ones to say that one is more art than the other. There is a medley of colors, brushes and techniques, and the only difference is how they are used. Instead of constant watering down and layering of paints, an artist can now simply choose the color they want from a gradient. Is the artist any less talented and the product any less of an art?  Of course not. The two artists could create virtually the same product, the only difference being the material used... and a physical copy. Maybe people think a painting is more prestigious? I will admit how cool it is to go in a museum and look at some thickly-painted pieces of work, but that does not make it more arty than anything else.

Most people tend to give more credit to artists who have been noticed by scholars and written about, but many internet artists have it the same way. These artists can get just as much, if not more, exposure and feedback when their audience consists of the entire digital world. If anything, I'd say the digital artist has more of a chance and deserves to be written about by "professionals." Anyone can be an artist and everyone should be an artist.

The way I look at art is this: the final product should reflect the effort put into it, not how people rank it or how it is produced. If someone wants to make a realistic face from java foam, let em and then let them frame it and put it online. The Internet is the best museum because it can hold some of the best art any eyes could ever see. It may hold a bunch of crap too, but so do some real museums. To conclude, I leave you this piece of art.